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In venan UNITED lsTATEs PATENT OFFICE;

JOSFH MQKAY, OF TROY, NEW

YOBK, ASSIGNOB TO HALL, HABTWELL & CO., 0F TROY,

NEW YORK, A FIRM COMlPOSED OF WILLIAM L. HALL, JOSEPH MGKAY, BURTON K.

WOODWABD, AND RALPH HUNTER.

CONVERTIBLE SHIRT.

Application led Iune 26,

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOSEPH MGKAY, a citizen of the United States,'residing at Troy, county of Rensselaer and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Convertible Shirts, ofwhich the following is a specification.`

The invention relates to such improvements and consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter described andsubsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the referencecharacters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figurestherein.

This invention relates to a type of convertible shirt provided with anattached deep collar which can be folded back to produce a sailor-collareffect, or which can be folded intermediately of its width to producethe effect of an ordinary detachable soft fold-collar having an uprightband and a folded-over top. A

Such convertible shirts are adapted to 'be worn with the sailor-collareffect in various athletic sports or as a work' shirt, and with thesoft-fold-collar effect as a neglige or semi-dress shirt.

To properly support the front portion of the collar with the appearanceo an ordinary soft-fold-collar, a strap is employed to connect togetherthe ends of the band-portion of the folded-collar, which strap extendsacross the front opening between the ends of the folded-over top of thecollar, presenting the appearance of the long end of the band of anordinary fold-collar.

When the shirt with a sailor-collar effect is worn, such dispositionmust be made p of said strap as to conceal it from view.; and this iscommonly accomplished by folding the strap, when detached from one endof the band, back upon the other end of the band where it will beconcealed from view beneath the widely folded collar.

The principal object of the present invention is to more readily andeffectively conceal such a strap from view when the shirt is worn withthe sailor-collar eifect.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a front view of the upper portion of afolded-up shirt embodying my invention, with the collar Specication ofLetters Patent.

Patenten Dee. 25, 1917.

1916. Serial No. 105,805.

' folded to produce the eect of an ordinary soft fold-collar.

Fig. 2 isr a similar view with the collar unfolded to upright positionto better show the strap which supports the front and connects togetherthe ends of what corresponds with the band of an' ordinary soft-foldcollar.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the strap before the same is attached to theshirt.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal cross-section taken through the permanent pivotalconnection between the band and the strap.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the sailor-collar effect.

Fig. 6 is a similar view with a corner of the collar upturned toillustrate the manner 1n which the strap is secured in a re wardlyextended position, whereby it is concealed ,from sight when the shirt isused with the sailor-collar eii'ect. l Referring to the drawings wherenthe inventlon is shown in preferred form, 1 is the body of a shirthaving an open front 2, with the usual buttons 3, and buttonholes 4:,for detachably closin the front.

, Permanently attac ed to the body is a deep collar 5., which foldedover the shoulders of the shirt, as shown 1n Fig. 5, or to be morenarrowly folded upon itself intermediately 0f its width, Aas shown inFig. l, to form an upright band-portion 5, and a folded-over top portion6.

The strap 7 2 which is employed for detachably securing together and suporting the ends ofthe band-portion 5 in tile latter form of the collaris provided in one end with an eyelet 8, and in its other end with abuttonhole 9.

The eyelet-end of the strap is permanently pivotally attached to theouter side of the and-portion 5, near one end thereof, as by means of abutton 10, larger than the eyelet 8, secured to passing through theeyelet.

The pivotal connection thus formed permits the strap to be rotativelymoved upon said pivotal connection along the curved line 12, to aforwardly extended position lapping the other end of` the band, as showninFigs. 1 and 2, or to a rearwardly extended position along the end ofthe band to which it the band 5, by stitching 11,-

is adapted to be widely is pivotally attached, as shown in Figs. 5 and6.

Attached to the outer side of the bandportion 5, at a suitable distancerearwardly of the button 10, is a button 13, adapted to engage thebuttonhole, 9, when the strap is extended rearwardly, and therebysupport the strap in fiat position upon the under side of the widelyfolded collar, where it is concealed from View.

The other end of the band-portion 5, has

yattached to its outer side a button 14, adapted to 'engage thebuttonhole 9, in the strap When the strap is forwardly extended toconnect together the ends of the band, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

By attachlng` the strap to one end of the band-portion by means of apermanent pivotal connection, the strap forms a permanent part of thegarment which prevents its loss during the laundry operation, and it isadapted to lie fiat beneath the widely folded collar, giving said collara smooth and undisturbed effect which can not be secured by means of astrap stitched to one end of the band and folded back upon the bandbeneath the widely folded collar.

For certain purposes of the invention the and desire to secure byLetters Patent is- A convertible shirt having an attached deep collaradapted to be widely folded over upon the shoulders and being alsoadapted to be more narrowly folded upon itself intermedi ately of itswidth to form an upright band, a strap provided in one end with aneyelet, a button larger than said eyelet attached to the outer end ofsaid band near one end by stitching extending through said eyelet,whereby the strap is permanently pivotally secured to the band and isrotatory upon its pivotal connection to a forward position lapping theother end of the band and to a rearward position along the end of theband to which it is pivotally attached, and a detachable connectionbetween the other end of said strap and the respective end-portions ofsaid band adapted to support the strap in either its forwardly or itsrearwardly eX- tended position. v

v In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 23d day of J une1916.

JOSEPH MCKAY.

